Passenger-car.



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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1s, 190s.

mme@ May 18, 1909.

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.PASSENGER GAR.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 1a, 190s.

Patented May 18, 1909,

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15 said end sills are at the 59 stairwa narran sraras FELIX Koen, orahum/UE, rENNsvL VANIA, OFPITTS'BURG, PENNSYLVANIA, CORPORATION oF NEWrerum? onirica ASSIGNOR TO 'PRESSED STEEL CARCOMPANY,

JERSEY.

PASSENGE R-CAR.

Specification of Lettere Patent.

Patented Mey :18, '1809.

Application led June 13, 1908. SerialNo. 488,344.

and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of slightly more than one-half ofthe,A end underframe yof a passenger' ear embodying the elements of theinventlon; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig 1s anendelevation of and Fig, 4 1s a longitudinal section on theA the same,

. line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

An object of the present invention is to construct an underframe for apassenger car in which the material is economically disposed, inwhichgreat strength is procured and agood appearance of the structurepreserved.

l A specific object of the present invention is to provide an improvedend sill forming a sup ort for the car steps and a recess or poc iet forthe sliding the buffer plate, and i shapely end for the car.

foot-plate carried by likewise forming a Another specic object of the(present ini vention is to provide an improve combined side stem bracketand follower lug plate for the car draft rigging andbulling mechanism.

Referring nowin detail to the drawings, 1

'35' represents the car center sills continuous throughout the entirelength of the car from l end sill lto end sill; 2 are the end sillscarried by the center sillssl at their ends. End sills` 2 are of pressedmetal formation preferably,

built-up form;

being bent or shaped in a broken line along their outer flanges to givethe proper shape to the end of the car.

outerend of the end sills of greater depth' than the outer flanges ofthe end sills, and these inner flanges of the endsills form rigidsupports for the car step,

hangers 3, the opposite hangers 4, of the being supported by the, carbody andsills, of lany suitable construction. End sills 2 are providedin their upper surface centrally with recesses or pockets 6 The innerflanges of adapted to receive a sliding footlate 7 car.-

ried by buffer plate 8 supporte on 'buffer stems 9 (passed throughperforations in the front an rear flanges of end sills 2, through whichmeans buffer stems 9 are supported and guided in their movement. v

10 are bu'er'springs mounted on stems `9 and confined in position in anysuitable manner. Y

11 is a foot-plate riveted'or otherwise sejecting outward y over recessor pocket 6 and overlapping sliding plate 7.

12 is the platform floor plate or sheeting, its outer edge resting onand supported by the upper surface of end'sill 2.

Center sills 1 ma extend through the inner flanges of end s ls 2 ifdesired and be riveted to the outer flanges and thus form a stiffener orstrut between the two flanges of each end sill.

,sst-ems and 15 the side stem springs. y

16 is the draft spring or springs mounted on shank 13 in suitable mannerbetween follower plates 17.

118 are combined follower lug and side stem bracket castings. Castings18are provided with suitable seats or pockets for springs 15 .andsuitable lugs ada ted to be engaged by the followers 17. T ese castingsare so sha ed that the side stem spring seats or soc ets, when thecastings are riveted in place on the center sills, are located on theoutside of the center sills and the follower lugs are located on theinner side of the center sills, that is, between the two sills.arrangement of casting is far simpler than structures heretofore made`and is more simly and quickly secured to the center sills. ilhiscasting may, furthermore, be suitably ribbed and reinforctd for thepurpose of strength.

following is what I claim as new therein and desire tosecure b LettersPatent nel-shaped end sill having innerand outer flanges perforated oneither side oftheir longitudinal centers in combination with bufferstems extending through said perforations.

p 2. In a car underframe, an end sill having 13 is the coupler shank, 14the coupler side v.Having thus described my invention, thev 1. In a carun erframe, an inverted chan-m cured to the up er surface of end sill 2,proan inner flange deeper at its outer end 'than the outer fiange andincreasing in depth tol ing in abroken lineand avstraightinnerfiengeward its center in combination with a step] dee er at its outei` endthan the outer Bange henger supported'by seid inner Han e. I andpincreasing in/depth toward its center.

3. In a ear underfrafme, en end siii having i The fore ningspecification' signed at 5 an inner ange deeper at its outer end thanMcKees Roc s, Allegheny county2 Pennsylthe outer Hnge and increasing indepth tovena, this twenty-eighth de of May,v 1908.

ward itscenter. FE IX KOCH.

4. In a 'car underframe, an inverted chen- Witnesses: nel-shaped endsill having an outer ienge of i T. J. JONES,

i c the same depth throughout its length extendi G. C. LAMBE.

